[She quietly considers him for a few moments before glancing down towards her hands.] We climbed. Well .. I climbed.
Krennic showed up as we were climbing up the tower. Shot Cassian off, sent his body sinking down onto a platform below us. He hit a number of beams on his way down. It was - I don't think I'll ever forget the sound.
[Her voice follows a somewhat robotic pattern of recall, most of it too painful to fully feel.] But I climbed. At the top, there was this - hatch. Opened and closed every few seconds with these metal blades. Probably some sort of security mechanism, but - I managed to propel myself through. Ended up at the top, where the satellite was. It'd been damaged, knocked out of alignment. So I had to get to the controls at the end of a suspended catwalk to re-align it, re-position it. The TIEs and Rebellion were dogfighting overhead, shot out the bridge while I was crossing it.
And - then Krennic showed out of the turbolift. Pointed a blaster at me. But at the moment he was going to shoot, he was shot.
By Cassian.
Who'd somehow managed to clamor his way up to the top of the tower the way I did. I have no idea how, given his injuries. He could .. he could barely stand, barely hold the pistol up. He needed two hands to do it. But Krennic fell, I ran to the main console of the satellite to transmit the plans. [She can hear the echoing of the electronic woman's voice, "TRANSMITTING."] I wanted to finish Krennic myself, take back everything he'd taken from me but - Cassian stopped me. Wouldn't let me lose that part of my humanity at the end.
We knew we weren't getting off the planet. So .. we took the turbolift down to the beach until I couldn't support his weight anymore, by the shore, and .. waited. Together. Knelt in the sand and held each other until the light took us both.
[She raises her eyes to his face and offers the faintest, saddest of smiles.] We didn't even know if the Rebellion received the plans. We didn't know if the shield gate was taken down, if Bodhi had been successful in boosting the signal. But .. we did as you said. We climbed.
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Krennic showed up as we were climbing up the tower. Shot Cassian off, sent his body sinking down onto a platform below us. He hit a number of beams on his way down. It was - I don't think I'll ever forget the sound.
[Her voice follows a somewhat robotic pattern of recall, most of it too painful to fully feel.] But I climbed. At the top, there was this - hatch. Opened and closed every few seconds with these metal blades. Probably some sort of security mechanism, but - I managed to propel myself through. Ended up at the top, where the satellite was. It'd been damaged, knocked out of alignment. So I had to get to the controls at the end of a suspended catwalk to re-align it, re-position it. The TIEs and Rebellion were dogfighting overhead, shot out the bridge while I was crossing it.
And - then Krennic showed out of the turbolift. Pointed a blaster at me. But at the moment he was going to shoot, he was shot.
By Cassian.
Who'd somehow managed to clamor his way up to the top of the tower the way I did. I have no idea how, given his injuries. He could .. he could barely stand, barely hold the pistol up. He needed two hands to do it. But Krennic fell, I ran to the main console of the satellite to transmit the plans. [She can hear the echoing of the electronic woman's voice, "TRANSMITTING."] I wanted to finish Krennic myself, take back everything he'd taken from me but - Cassian stopped me. Wouldn't let me lose that part of my humanity at the end.
We knew we weren't getting off the planet. So .. we took the turbolift down to the beach until I couldn't support his weight anymore, by the shore, and .. waited. Together. Knelt in the sand and held each other until the light took us both.
[She raises her eyes to his face and offers the faintest, saddest of smiles.] We didn't even know if the Rebellion received the plans. We didn't know if the shield gate was taken down, if Bodhi had been successful in boosting the signal. But .. we did as you said. We climbed.